Novel Full Chapter 114 - Removing Impurities
"Now to remove those impurities, place your hands over mine and I will help you get rid of them" instructed the old man as he sat down before Adam and held out his palms.
Adam sat down as well then placed his hands on top of his master's palms.
Closing his eyes, Adam focused on his energy as he sensed his master pour energy into his body. However, the energy wasn't absorbed or stored in Adam's body and it was still under the control of his master as he controlled the strand of energy that he had streamed into Adam's body.
Using that strand of energy, he went to a few areas around Adam's body and would stop at all impurities and use the strand of energy to pull the impurities slowly out of Adam's body and removed them through his pores.
Adam who was watching the fine control that his master had over his own Internal Energy and him being able to remove the impurities, was shocked and amazed, but he could clearly see that it required a lot of mental power to do and it still took him 10 minutes to remove a small amount of the impurities.
The area that his master removed the impurities from excreted some black goo out of Adam's pores that had a thick stench and Adam recognised it as the impurities that he had observed within his aunt's body.
"There is not much to it other than that. Impurities can be found within the body from consuming low quality pills, but are also formed from bad lifestyles and eating lots of unhealthy food. To remove such impurities requires one to eradicate the impurities using their own energy or through arduous training and excerise, that pushes the body past its limits, which will slowly remove the impurities. Impurities will weigh down on the body and slow down bodily functions, and they have major effects on long term health. We don't have a lot of time, so cannot slowly remove them through training and will remove them using Internal Energy, which will require fine control over one's Internal Energy" stated his master.
"You should have seen how I eradicated some of the impurities in your body, as you can see that some of it has been removed. So following that, you should be able to remove the rest if you have a good enough control and perceptivity to do so" instructed his master.
"Yes master, but before I go off to remove the impurities, can you at least tell me your name," asked Adam who wanted to find out anything about his master.
"Alright, my name is Julius and you can call me master Julius" answered his master.
He didn't seem to be lying about his name, but Adam wasn't sure about whether he was telling the truth and it was a common first name, so wouldn't do him much good when trying to find out about his master's past and who he is.
[System can I remove the impurities from my body in the dungeon] asked Adam.
{The host can do so, but the host wouldn't experience any results in reality. This is because any physical gains within the dungeon are not transferred into reality, in the same way, that if the host is injured in the dungeon, he won't be injured in reality. The only benefits that the host can take back from training in the dungeon are experiences or increases in stats, which can bypass the absence of a physical link between reality and the Dungeon} answered the system.
With that, he knew there would be no shortcut to dispelling the impurities within his body and he was glad that he didn't consume many pills overall and that he didn't rely on pills to recover most of the time.
Noticing that it was only able to dispel the impurities with his Internal Energy, Adam wondered whether External Cultivators would be able to dispel impurities with their External Energy or whether there was another way for them to do so as External Energy couldn't be wielded like Internal Energy.
However, from what his master told him, impurities could also be removed through training and exercise and External Cultivators most likely had a method to push their bodies past their limits in order to remove the impurities over time.
Adam thought that it would be easier to remove the impurities through the use of his Internal Energy instead of training, like an External Cultivator would have to do, as it would be quicker and wouldn't require him to experience physical pain through training.
However, he soon came to realise that, that wasn't the case.
Adam began with circulating his Internal Energy around his body, following the energy paths around his body that passed through all the meridians that were around his body. The cycle started from his dantian and went around his body in the same way the blood cycle began from the heart.
However unlike the blood cycle, Adam had to control the energy himself and it didn't happen automatically, which required large amounts of mental power and control to be able to do and was the reason why Internal Cultivators needed a high Intelligence stat.
After he had circulated his energy around his body a few times and after becoming accustomed to doing so, Adam attempted to control a small amount of his energy at a time.
He struggled in doing so and his head began aching slightly as he focused his mind on his Internal Energy, trying to control it in the same way he had seen his master do.
It took him a while, but he managed to separate a small strand of energy like he had seen his master do and could then move onto the next step.
His Internal Energy was much less dense than that of his master, but he attempted to do as he had seen his master do, and controlling the sliver of energy, took it to where he could sense impurities.
His master had only removed around 5% of the impurities in Adam's body and he had much more left to remove, but his master would always leave the things that he wanted to teach Adam for him to find out about and understand by himself.
That would not only test Adam's ability and perceptivity, but it would also make Adam more accustomed and skilled in its use after learning it by himself.
After controlling his energy to where he had found the impurities, Adam attempt to slowly push it out of his body using the energy, so that he could release it through his pores, just like he had seen his master do.
However, he realised it wasn't as easy and simple as his master made it seem and it would require a lot of time and practise before he could do so.
[If my master, who was once of unknown power and has an incredible amount of experience and knowledge that he acquired over his long life, took 10 minutes to remove 5% of the impurities, it will take me weeks to get rid of all the impurities] thought Adam to himself as he struggled to even move the impurities in the slightest.
Adam felt his mind aching slightly as he focused completely on attempting to remove the impurities and continuously replaying what he had seen his master do in order to remove the impurities previously, however, he was unwilling to give up and continued attempting to remove the impurities with his Internal Energy.
It took him an hour before he had figured out how to latch his energy onto the impurities, then after he had managed to grab a small amount of impurities with his Internal Energy, he had to push them out of his body through his pores.
Adam had learnt the Energy Sleeve Technique and it had massively helped in the process as he had become accustomed to controlling his Internal Energy and pushing it outside of his body to form the Energy Sleeve.
Adam was unsure how long it would take him to be able to remove all the impurities within his body, but Adam didn't stop until he had removed all of them and would only pause the process to use the Ethereal Recovery Skill in order to recover his Internal Energy and relax his strained mind.
It took him 3 whole days to complete the process and Adam was covered in a black slime-like substance that had a very thick stench and was the result of low quality pills being consumed.
"You have finished within 3 days, not bad. It usually takes a few weeks for somebody at your cultivation level to remove impurities, but it seems you even excel in Internal Energy control" stated his master who was amazed by all the things that Adam was good at.
Adam was slightly shocked that his master knew immediately when he was finished, but compared to everything else that his master was capable of, it was expected from such an amazing, yet weird, individual.
"Yes master I have finished, but I really need to shower and change into a new set of clothes, so I will need to return to my home" stated Adam.